Red kangaroo
Macropus rufus
Characteristics
- Origin
Australia
- Habitat
outside of coastal areas, prefers semi-desert, steppes, scrublands in the outback
- Diet
Feed on what the plant life in the barren outback yields: grasses, herbs, leaves, bark
- Status
least concern
- Size
over 100 cm high
- Weight
Female: 35 kg
Male: 85 kg - Gestation period
33 days, at 235 days too big for the bag
- Achievable age
up to 20 years
Threat Categories of IUCN
Did you know that ...
... red kangaroos with size of about 1.40 m are the largest marsupials of the world,
... they cannot walk backward
... and that at birth they are as small as a jelly baby and grow about 8 months in the bag?
